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Ford, Paul Leicester, 1865-1902

"The Honorable Peter Stirling and What People Thought of Him"

"I shall, if you will tell me I wronged you in
supposing your questions to be malicious."
Lispenard paid no attention to the interjection. "Otherwise," he
finished, "we will consider our relations ended." He walked away.
Peter wrote Lispenard that evening a long letter. He did not apologize
in it, but it ended:
"There should be no quarrel between us, for we ought to be
friends. If alienation has come, it is due to what has occurred
to-day, and that shall not cause unkind feelings, if I can help
it. An apology is due somewhere. You either asked questions you
had no right to ask, or else I misjudged you. I have written you
my point of view. You have your own. I leave the matter to your
fairness. Think it over, and if you still find me in the wrong,
and will tell me so, I will apologize."
He did not receive a reply. Meeting Ogden Ogden a few days later, he was
told that Lispenard had gone west for a hunting trip, quite
unexpectedly. "He said not to expect him back till he came.


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